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The Toronto Maple Leafs will be among the first teams to experience a game under the NHL’s updated COVID-19 protocols when they host the Vancouver Canucks for the first of three straight games at Scotiabank Arena. On Wednesday night, the league sent a memo to the clubs that included several new coronavirus measures. Among them, […]

Adidas’ Dan Near chats about the brand’s involvement in the NHL, the process of helping bring the Kraken to life in Seattle and more. Adidas senior director Dan Near spoke with The Hockey News’ owner and publisher W. Graeme Roustan about Adidas’ involvement in the NHL, the process of helping bring the Kraken to life […]

As the Toronto Maple Leafs would be waiting in the corridor to take to the ice before games in the 1960s, teammates would invariably hear the sound of a stick being whacked against shin pads. Their captain would then look down at his legs and say, “Come on, you money makers!” It was a regular […]

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but the Edmonton Oilers aren’t competing hard enough in the defensive zone. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but the Edmonton Oilers are getting below-average goaltending. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but the Edmonton Oilers’ bottom six forwards are aren’t accomplishing much […]

It was in a nondescript meeting room in an event center in Melfort, Sask., a year ago that Scott Thomas got to finally look directly into the eyes of the man who was driving the truck that killed his son. And what Scott Thomas saw when he confronted Jaskirat Singh Sidhu that day was a […]

The ink wasn’t even dry on Pierre-Luc Dubois’ two-year contract extension before he made it abundantly clear he wants out of Columbus. Pierre-Luc Dubois received five shifts and 3:55 of ice time and watched the second, third and overtime periods from the bench Thursday night. So it’s reasonable to surmise that Pierre-Luc Dubois will get […]

No team has ever won two Isobel Cups before. Will that change in 2020-21? The NWHL is set to begin the 2021 season at the 1980 Rink-Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y. this weekend. Which team will take home the Isobel Cup? The Hockey News Podcast panel offers up their predictions.

TORONTO — Limiting the Edmonton Oilers duo of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl to one goal and one assist is typically a recipe for success. But a lack of execution at the other end resulted in no points for the Toronto Maple Leafs. “It was a strange game,” Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe said. […]

KANATA, Ont. — Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe turned heads on the first day of training camp when he made it known that 41-year-old forward Joe Thornton would play on a top line with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner. Keefe’s vision of their potential came to fruition in a 3-2 win over the […]